With just two days until their first preseason game, the Broncos took to the practice fields at Dove Valley in full pads once again. Below is a recap of the session.
Today’s trivia question is further explained in the “Quick Hits” portion of this blog, but it boils down to this: The offense was given a scenario to execute — down two points with 18 seconds remaining, the ball on its own 45-yard line and one timeout remaining. Quarterback Peyton Manning quickly hit his target for a 15-yard gain to the defense’s 40-yard line and called a timeout with seven seconds remaining. Who caught the pass? Leave your guesses in the comments section, and the answer — and winner of a Broncos prize pack — will be revealed in the comments section of the blog at 6 p.m. MDT.
ROLL CALL
Safety Jim Leonhard, safety Quinton Carter, tackle Ryan Harris, defensive tackle Justin Bannan, wide receiver Greg Orton and wide receiver Tyler Grisham did not practice on Tuesday. Defensive tackle Ty Warren left practice early due to “stomach issues,” Head Coach John Fox said.
Linebacker Keith Brooking was on the field in a No. 57 jersey, shorts and shells. He took part in some of the early drills during practice, including individual drills with the linebackers and a handful of reps during 7-on-7s.
PLAYMAKERS
- During one-on-ones between receivers and cornerbacks, Champ Bailey kicked off the drill by breaking up a touchdown pass from Peyton Manning to Eric Decker.
- On the next play, Manning threw an incomplete pass in Matthew Willis’ direction with Tracy Porter in tight coverage. After the play, Manning yelled “Gotta run to the pylon!” while Secondary Coach Ron Milus praised his cornerback: “That’s good coverage, 22!”
- Gerell Robinson started off a strong practice with a leaping touchdown grab over cornerback Ramzee Robinson. Later in one-on-ones, he had another leaping TD, this time from Caleb Hanie over the head of cornerback Tony Carter.
- The Manning-to-Decker combination was successful later in one-on-ones, as the wide receiver hauled in a one-handed touchdown catch just behind Bailey, who was right there in coverage.
- There were two notable pass breakups during the drill. The first was made by Carter, who slapped the ball away from Mark Dell. Second was safety Rahim Moore, who broke up a pass from Manning intended for tight end Joel Dreessen. The crowd responded to the play, as one fan shouted, “Atta boy, Rahim!”
- During red-zone drills, the defense made some key plays as well. First, Porter prevented a touchdown catch by Demaryius Thomas, then a group of Broncos — led by safety Mike Adams — forced an incompletion in the back of the end zone on a pass intended for tight end Jacob Tamme. Later, wide receiver Cameron Kenney, cornerback Joshua Moore and safety Anthony Perkins all took turns tipping a pass around in the air, and Perkins nearly came away with a diving interception in the back of the end zone before the ball fell incomplete.
- Both the offense and defense had a lot of exciting plays during a variety of two-minute drills throughout practice. For more on those sessions, check out the “Situational Football” blog.
QUICK HITS
- A group of rookies were among the first players out onto the field on Tuesday — Derek Wolfe, Ronnie Hillman, Osweiler, Malik Jackson and Jamie Blatnick got to work early.
- Practice ended with one more situation for the offense to try to overcome: down 24-22 at its own 45-yard line with 18 seconds left on the clock and one timeout remaining. Manning hit (today’s trivia answer) for a 15-yard gain to the defense’s 40, and called a timeout with seven seconds remaining. His next pass was incomplete, but one second remained on the clock. Coaches called practice before Matt Prater would’ve run onto the field to attempt the long field goal.
The team is back on the field this evening for a walkthrough open only to media. Wednesday morning brings another practice free and open to the public, which starts at 8:50 a.m. MDT. Gates open at 7:50 a.m. It will be approximately a half-hour shorter than typical morning practices — it is scheduled to end at 11 a.m. MDT — as the team travels to Chicago that afternoon.
-Gray Caldwell
Click below for a photo gallery from Tuesday’s practice.
Tags: Training Camp 2012
gerell robinson is my guess
i really hope denver gets back to smash mouth football..the way the team was when they won their super bowls
My guess is Lance Ball.
My guess is Mark Dell
MMM, going to guess Matt Willis
I’ll guess it was Eric Decker
ILMSDB!!!!
Peyton Manning is going to run the offends OT but he is no where as selfish as people make him out to be. He just wants t win football games and too often it was up to him to do it almost single handedly because he didn’t have a defense. Not anymore!!!!
my guess is andre caldwell
*offense
I like this!
http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_21256353/broncos-peyton-manning-bears-preseason
Following practice, defensive tackle Ben Garland was given two Air Force Academy sabres and an autographed Air Force Falcons football helmet as replacements to items his grandparents lost from their Colorado Springs home in the Waldo Canyon Fire. Not only did the fire melt the two sabres, but family World War I
View slide show of Denver Broncos training camp Tuesday.
guns and other heirloomsthat were kept in a 2,000-degree fire resistent safe.
“The fire was so intense it melted everything,” Garland said
That freaking sucks!!!!
AB I read that too… but what a nice gesture from Mays and the rest of his teammates!? I really think Ben is gonna make the team.
During Tim Tebows recent missionary work over the summer showing a Filipino tribe of natives how to farm and build hospitals and things to be self-sufficient gets the word that he is to return home to NY.
He realizes that the one thing he never taught the natives was how to speak English, so he takes the chief and starts walking in the forest. He points to a tree and says to the chief, “This is a tree.” The chief looks at the tree and grunts, “Tree.”
Timmy is very pleased with the response.
They walk a little farther and Timmy points to a rock and says, “This is a rock.” Hearing this, the chief looks and grunts, “Rock.” Timmy is really getting enthusiastic about the results when he hears a rustling in the bushes.
As he peeks over the top, he sees a couple in the midst of heavy sexual activity.
Timmy is really flustered and quickly responds, “Riding a bike.”
The chief looks at the couple briefly, pulls out his blow gun and kills them.
Timmy goes ballistic and yells at the chief that he has spent years teaching the tribe how to be civilized and kind to each other, so how could he just kill these people in cold blood that way?
The chief replied, “My bike.”
justfergrins
Nice one OC…
OC that’s funny!
Cat I think he will at least make the PS but on my latest 53 man depth chart prediction he makes the team.
LOL OC
Good one OC!
OC: LMAO!!
Way to go Mays for putting that together for Garland…class act.
I have to say that i was quick to judge Doom and reacted harshly by wanting to move on without him. I apologize for my thoughts and listening to the media again without knowing all the facts. My apologies Doom and i hope you become the type of role model that all the kids can look up to. I’m glad that you are a Bronco oh, and kick some serious butt this year!!!!!
Demaryius Thomas is my guess
trivia answer: Willis
caldwell
I`m glad thats over Doom. He was confident the whole time that he was innocent. Nice!
I wish I had his confidence. I was mad as a hornet initially. But we will probably never know all the specifics! Glad he hasn’t heard from the league.
OC: Laughed so hard that it brought tears to my eyes. Hope TT sees it and enjoys it.
Happy to see all charges dropped against Doom, but, just like being accused of sexual assult and then the charges are dropped, he’ll never get the stigma of the charges ever removed from people’s thoughts of who and what he is.
OSS perhaps, but I always thought he was good stuff. I’m gonna keep thinking he’s good stuff!
Just a recap of the trivia question for today: The offense was given a scenario to execute — down two points with 18 seconds remaining, the ball on its own 45-yard line and one timeout remaining. Quarterback Peyton Manning quickly hit his target for a 15-yard gain to the defense’s 40-yard line and called a timeout with seven seconds remaining. Who caught the pass?
The answer: Tight end Jacob Tamme.
Congratulations to the seven who guessed correctly. As explained the first time we did this trivia, in the event of a tie, a random number will be generated to pick the winner.
Today’s winner is OrangeTsunami. Congrats! We will reach out to you shortly for your information to send your Broncos prize pack.
Be on the lookout as trivia will continue throughout training camp.
On a side note, there most likely will not be a trivia question tomorrow, as the team (and DenverBroncos.com staff) will be traveling to Chicago for the preseason opener. But we will still have coverage of tomorrow’s A.M. practice.
Thanks as always and keep the comments coming.
-Gray
Way to be OT! Totally jealous!!!
Just 2 more days!
Nice job OT.
I presumed he was guilty after reading the first reports, but after I read what Elvis had to say, there was hope he would be exonerated. The investigation resulted in Elvis being cleared of accusation, therefore no charges were ever filed.
Way to go OT.
Doom borrowed his brothers car and had no clue that a gun was in the glove compartment. And the millions of eyes that said they saw Doom flashing a gun. That was said by channel 31 in Denver. Totally blown out of proportion as usual by the media, and of course everyone is going to believe it. Don`t believe everything you hear, especially by the bias media.
Yeah you’re right strand – especially after getting back from a camping/fishing trip! Kinda throws you for a loop…(the media).
Nice going OT!!
Dooms clean in my mind. Who cares what others think, I don`t! If one is innocent, then he or she is innocent and move on. You gotta overcome lives obstacles, otherwise its gonna eat you up. Pick yourself off the ground, dust yourself off and move on.
The 1st official depth chart came out yesterday, did y’all check it out? Just a few surprises, but pretty much predictable! Ayers is no longer starting and is Dumervil’s back up, knowshon is 4th on the RB depth chart behind willis, lance and ronnie hillman, quinton carter listed as the starter ahead of mike adams(even though he’s injured) and dreessen ahead of tamme@ TE!
Whats really funny is after a few weeks this will be out of most peoples minds and be forgotten. It`ll pass!
The chart is a sliding scale. It`ll change as the days and weeks go on. DJ is a big surprise I think.
That’s right…Moreno took quite a few reps with 1st string today.
I read, because of his 6-game suspension, DJ isn’t taking 1st team reps anyway! Wesley Woodyard is, also, don’t 4get DJ has a court date looming next week 4 a DUI!! Which could mean a trip 2 the commish and a longer suspension, if guilty!
My guess is Brandon Stokley
Royal, I heard that too… that Moreno took first team reps, buthe looked rusty.
Caramello the answer has already been given bro.
Broncos Country:
My pick of Ben Garland not only making the team but for his teammates to get his AFA sabers replaced and his Helmet goes far to show how close this team is IMO!! To quote Joe Mays: “Some of those things are hard to get,” Mays said. “The fact that we were able to get them is awesome, and even better was that we were able to give them to him. We’re a family, no doubt about it.”
ILMSDB
FTR
Read more: Broncos’ Ben Garland gets helping hand from teammates after Colorado wildfire – The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_21256813/broncos-ben-garland-gets-helping-hand-from-teammates#ixzz22ukARo4d
Strand: your right the media is not to be trusted these days.
Cat: I heard they are giving alot of reps to the 3rd and 4th string players for Thursday nights game. Just to give them the best chance possible to succeed in game preparation scenario.
Peace out until the seson starts!
FTR
Its past six and I havent seen the results but im gonna guess Jacob Tamme…dont care about being late…I just wanna be right…
Horse, I read that too. Personally I want to see Os more than any one else. Of course I want to see Peyton d well but I am very curious as to how Brock is doing. Love living in Wyoming, always get preseason games live!!!
Rich, OT won the contest, but you were right.